John Maxwell (March 11, 1918 – July 18, 1982) was an American film and television actor.
Biography
Maxwell was born in
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada ...
, and appeared in more than 100 films of the 1940s and 1950s, often uncredited. Occasionally he played larger roles in films, such as in ''
The Prowler'' (1951). His television guest appearances included ''
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.
He first appeared in 1933 in ...
'', ''
Lassie'', ''
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' is the first Western television series written for adults, premiering four days before ''Gunsmoke'' on September 6, 1955. Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western ''Cheyenne''. The series is loosely base ...
'', ''
The Rifleman
''The Rifleman'' is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show ...
'' and ''
Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on U ...
''.
Maxwell also starred as Pappy Sawyer in
Disneyland
Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park in Anaheim, California. Opened in 1955, it was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Disney in ...
's television miniseries ''The Nine Lives of
Elfego Baca''.
Selected filmography
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Man from Headquarters'' (1942)
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Silver Skates'' (1943)
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Kismet'' (1944)
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Lady in the Death House
''Lady in the Death House'' is a 1944 American film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Jean Parker and Lionel Atwill.
Plot
Mary Kirk Logan is led from her cell to the electric chair, to be "killed by the hand of the man I love."
A psychol ...
'' (1944)
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The Last Horseman
''The Last Horseman'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, and Ann Savage.Morton p.112
Cast
* Russell Hayden as Lucky Rawlins
* Dub Taylor as Cannonball
* Bob Wills as Bob
* Th ...
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The Paleface'' (1948)
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'' (1950)
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The Damned Don't Cry
''The Damned Don't Cry'' is a 1950 American film noir crime-drama directed by Vincent Sherman and featuring Joan Crawford, David Brian, and Steve Cochran. It tells of a woman's involvement with an organized crime boss and his subordinates. The s ...
'' (1950)
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The Asphalt Jungle
''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden and L ...
'' (1950)
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Mystery Street
''Mystery Street'' is a 1950 black-and-white film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, and Marshall Thompson. Produced by MGM, it was directed by John Sturges with cinematography by John Alton.
The f ...
'' (1950)
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The Enforcer'' (1951)
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Three Guys Named Mike
''Three Guys Named Mike'' is a 1951 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, and Barry Sullivan. '' (1951)
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The Prowler'' (1951)
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Without Warning!
''Without Warning!'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Adam Williams (actor), Adam Williams, Meg Randall, and Ed Binns. The film is shot in a semidocumentary-style with police procedural voice-over na ...
'' (1952)
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
''Captain John Smith and Pocahontas '' is a 1953 American historical film directed by Lew Landers. The distributor was United Artists. It stars Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance and Alan Hale.
While most scenes were filmed in Virginia's Blue Ridge ...
'' (1953) - Ship's Doctor (uncredited)
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The Bigamist'' (1953)
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Johnny Guitar
''Johnny Guitar'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine and Scott Brady. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The screen ...
'' (1954)
*''
Them!
''Them!'' is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction film, science fiction monster film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by David Weisbart, directed by Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, and starring James Whitmore, Edmund ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Eternal Sea
''The Eternal Sea'' (aka ''The Admiral Hoskins Story'') is a 1955 American war film directed by John H. Auer and starring Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith and Ben Cooper. After an American naval officer loses his leg at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, h ...
'' (1955)
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a thirty-second shootout between law enforcement officer, lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cochise County Cowboys, Cowboys that occurred at about 3: ...
'' (1957)
External links
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20121016184423/http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-no2002-67535
* http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=82487&iv=OVERVIEW
1918 births
1982 deaths
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Spokane, Washington
20th-century American male actors
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